Oct, 9. 1852.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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catalogue) "to show the lots." They defined 

 " sheets " to be " pigs between the age of six and 

 ten months." At the last Farningham and Graves- 

 end stock markets I sought further information 

 upon the subject. I find that at Horton Kirby 

 pigs of that age are termed " shoots ;" and at Far- 

 ningham, Eynesford, and that neighbourhood, 

 " store hogs." J. 



Church-stile. — A reviewer of the last edition 

 of Pepys's Diary, in the Gentleman's Magazine 

 for 1849, suggests that Lord Braybrooke has, at 

 page 214. of vol. i., mistaken church ale for church 

 stile* As a proof that his lordship's reading is 

 the correct one, I have copied the accompanying 

 minute passed at a Warrington vestry-meeting, 

 10th April, 1732,— 



" That hereafter no money be spent on y« 5th of 

 Nov'r, nor on any other state day, on the parish ac- 

 count, either at y" churstile or at any other place. That 

 no ale be allowed in account to any workmen for work 

 done at y" church." 



- At the close of the same ancient record is " A 

 note of what money I have layd since I was cun- 

 stable in the year of our Lord 1668 ;" and from 

 this I extract the following, as referring to the 

 same custom at a still earlier date : 



" Payd, the 5th of November, to the ringers, in 



money and drink . . . . 2 



For drinke at churchsteele . . .13 0." 



To the present day the vicinity of our parish 

 church gates is known as the " church- stile." K. 



Curiosities of Catalogues. — In a late number 

 of the Athenceum instances are given of some ludi- 

 crous mistakes to be found in the recently published 

 Catalogue of Cardinal Mezzofanti's library. 



I have notes of several similar drolleries : e.g. 

 in a Catalogue I got some years ago at Vienna, 

 the author of Robinson Crusoe appears under H, 

 as himself. But nothing can surpass the Catalogue 

 of a London bookseller which is now lying before 

 me, dated January, 1852, In which is the following 

 entry after "Thackeray:" — 



" There's (Lord and Lady) Legends of the Library 

 at Lilies, 2 vol. 8vo. bds. 2s. 6d. 1832." 



The real title of this work, by Lord and Lady 

 Nugent, Is, Legends of the Library at Lilies by the 

 Lord and Lady there. Jaydee. 



* " 1661, April 18. After dinner we all went to the 

 church-stile, and there eat and drank ; and I was as 

 merry as I could counterfeit myself to be." — Diary of 

 Samuel Pepys. 



IhMtxiti. 



shakspeabe's manusckipts and papers. 



Some there are who still believe a portion at 

 least of the MSS. and papers of the great drama- 

 tist will be recovered, and, without being very 

 sanguine on the subject, I cannot think I am pre- 

 suming too far in asking for a small space in your 

 papei", for the purpose of indicating the sources 

 which may be most likely to lead to some dis- 

 covery. 



1. Mr. Edward Bagley, citizen of London, was 

 executor and residuary legatee of Shakspeare's 

 granddaughter. Lady Barnard, who died in 1670. 

 This Mr. Bagley, in all probability, would come 

 into the possession of some of Shakspeare's MSS. ; 

 and if any families of the name of Bagley, or who 

 are descended from Mr. Bagley, are now living, 

 diligent search should be made amongst their 

 family records. 



2. It Is possible some of the poet's MSS. may 

 have fallen into the hands of Sir John Barnard's 

 daughters, whose married names were Gilbert, 

 HIggs, and Cotton. 



3. Shakspeare must have been in frequent com- 

 munication with some of the county families of 

 Warwickshire, his property and Influence being 

 considerable. If the descendants of the old fami- 

 lies in that county would be at the pains to make 

 careful searches amongst their papers, something 

 of importance might be discovered. His mere 

 signature as a witness would be valuable. 



4. The papers of John Heminges may possibly 

 be in existence. He died in 1630, leaving one 

 son, who died without I:-sue, and four daughters, 

 married to persons of tlie names of Atkins, Smith, 

 Sheppard, and Merrifield. 



The first volume of the new folio edition of 

 Shakspeare will contain the Life and the Tem- 

 pest; and any of your readers who could kindly 

 furnish information likely to be useful on the 

 above Queries, or on any other points discussed 

 in those portions of the work, would confer a 

 great favour. Any particulars, also, respecting 

 early editions of Shakspeare would be most grate- 

 fully acknowledged. J. O. Halliwell. 



Brixton Hill. 



HORNUNG, THE PAINTER OF GENEVA. 



Joseph Hornung of Geneva, a young artist of 

 great talent and perseverance, about the year 

 1826, took for his subject the Death-bed of 

 Calvin. The principal characters— Calvin, Fare), 

 Beza, and Viret — were painted from portraits; 

 and the accessories of the composition, such as 

 the Bible, the arm-chair, and the portrait of 

 Knox, were copied from the originals at Ge- 

 neva, which belonged to Calvin. This, in ad- 

 dition to the superiority of the painting, gave a 



